Summary:
- Elly Maate, the Kigezi Regional Police Spokesperson, identified the deceased as Gilbert Njondo (33), a resident of Buyanja Town in Buyanja Sub-County, Rukungiri District.
RUKUNGIRI: One person has been confirmed dead, and another one admitted following a fatal road accident that occurred on Christmas Eve in Rukungiri District.
Elly Maate, the Kigezi Regional Police Spokesperson, identified the deceased as Gilbert Njondo (33), a resident of Buyanja Town in Buyanja Sub-County, Rukungiri District. The particulars of the injured victim, a Boda Boda rider, had not yet been established at press time. The victim remains unconscious and is admitted at Nyakibale Hospital.
According to Maate, the accident occurred on Tuesday at around 6:40 PM at Buyanja Town, near Buyanja SACCO in Buyanja Sub-County, along the Rukungiri-Ntungamo Road. The accident involved a motor vehicle, registration number UFU 576C, and a red Bajaj Boxer motorcycle.
Maate revealed that the deceased was knocked down while crossing the road without taking proper precautions. He said police visited the scene and documented the incident. The wreckage of the motorcycle was retrieved and is currently parked at the Rukungiri Central Police Station yard pending inspection by the Inspector of Vehicles (IOV). The body of the deceased was taken to the Rwakabengo Health Centre mortuary for a postmortem examination.
In a related incident, two people died on Monday in a fatal road accident that occurred at around 7:15 PM at Mizimera in Kihihi Town Council, along Kanungu Road in Kanungu District.
Maate identified the deceased as Byabasheija Christopher (45), a resident of Rutare Cell, Karangara Parish, and Tusiime Kenneth (39), a resident of Nyakabingo Cell, Karangara Parish, both in Kayonza Sub-County, Kanungu District. The accident also left an unidentified male adult injured.
This accident involved a motor vehicle, registration number UBN 507J, a blue Mitsubishi Canter, and a motorcycle, registration number UGF 470U, a red Bajaj Boxer.
